Eijsermans family tree » Anna Maria Kniknie (1886-1961)

Day of marriage September 22, 1909

• The temperature on September 22, 1909 was between 7.4 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of death July 6, 1961

• The temperature on July 6, 1961 was between 9.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
  • February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
  • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
  • August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  • August 21 » American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
  • September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 1961 » Scott LaFaro, American bassist (b. 1936)
• 1961 » Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Joseph August, archduke of Austria (b. 1872)
• 1962 » Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1890)
• 1962 » William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)